They Broke My Brain! Outlander Season 7 Finale!

[@irisclaudia3670]

Lord John is top tier in everything. I love the character so much . Brave, handsome, heroic , smart, refined, and what a Gentleman who knows how to act with dignity. David Berry rocks.

[@Rootedhoney_mama]

Definitely not the last of LJG. He's in the still photos of Season 8. I can't wait for season 8!!

[@valeriem.8112]

I think Faith was the girls’ mother. And master Raymond raised Faith and sang the song to her because he heard it from claire

[@RPBSpeaks]

This was one of the best finales of the series 🎉❤🎉

[@Craighnadun1743]

Oui c est vrai. Enorme suspens.LOFE❤❤❤❤

[@irisanddaisy]

“I will never call you father.” One episode earlier: “Never is not a word to be trifled with, William. Be careful with it.” Gotta say I love how central Lord John is to so many of the crucial relationships in this series, & in such an interesting way. I hope dad & son get some more growth/learning in season 8, & LJ gets some serious payoff. He’s earned it.

[@andersonfamily]

LJG looks so damn good in the scene with Claire

[@susanleach9106]

Love this actor he is so good.

[@DaniLombana]

In the books, Master Raymond is a spectacular character. He is a time traveler, from very ancient times, he is also Claire's and many other time travelers ancestor; he is one of the travelers who have the "blue cloak", that is, the power of healing (which Claire developed and which Dr. McEwan also had, he only appears in the books and saves Buck and completely cures Roger's neck in 1739), and as if that were not enough... he has the power to take the form of animals. I think he took Faith and raised her, because he knew that if Claire and Jamie had raised her, they would never have helped in Scotland or in the American Revolution, nor would characters like William, Brianna and even Roger have been born. And I think he asks for forgiveness because, in addition to taking his daughter away from them, he could not take care of their granddaughters of ended up in that sad life. I'm beginning to think that Raymond has transformed into a dragonfly several times, to be with Claire, with Faith, with the girls... and why not?, even to be the dragonfly inside the amber that Claire received as a gift at her wedding with Jamie.

[@bevinboulder5039]

Anna, honey - Rollo died because he was old. Remember, Ian got him when they first arrived in America and Rollo was an adult when Ian found him. And they did announce that Blood of My Blood will be premiering this summer. And we know that S. 8 has finished main shooting, so hopefully we won't have another year+ Droughtlander after that. Love your review!

[@markgowans]

I think that we will get season 8 perhaps about October time.

[@mbjohanna7256]

I heard Early 2026

[@pirjoclements7225]

Thank you for your reaction for this episode Anna. Brianna gave the letters to fiona to keep for her, in one of the latest episodes. Thanks again.😊❤

[@mgbow-1982]

Such a great finale episode. I guess with indoor plumbing, we take for granted the open door urination that is so common among married couples, LOL. One of the best in the entire series. Claire usually is the healer, she is not used to being the one that has to be helped. Such a great episode and a rollercoaster. I love Izzy and John together as Ian and Rachel - I was waiting for this when she reveals she is pregnant. I also am going to miss Rollo - I think he was right, that he waited for Ian to have Rachel before he passed. I hope that John can still see Dewey (who plays Rollo) in real life though.

[@annefox926]

Master Raymond is a surprise to the book readers too. What has he done to need forgiveness ?

[@mbjohanna7256]

IMO, since Faith was legally Dead ( Claire had her for HOURS, n a Nurse knows... ) Master Raymond is from the Future, and/or has a magical GIFT, so He resurrected Faith, raised her as his child, as he is Ugly n has no one to Love him. CLAIRE has the Blue Lite, also, so maybe she and her Granddaughter FAITH, in the New Season 8 TV ending, can All go to the 1980'S and resurrect JAMMF, as He dreamed of SEEING THE FUTURE! ...only in my dreams... CUT !! FADE to BLACK!

[@sharonlykens1042]

I think Master Raymond took Faith and raised her, and I think he's a time traveler from the future past Claire's time and healed Faith. That's why he came back to ask for forgiveness from Claire.

[@claireelyse5992]

I had considered something similar, good idea

[@julianne089]

He could also have a bit different “ powers” kind of like Mandy has a bit different thing going on…

[@tvaddict6623]

That’s what I think- and there may be a supernatural element beyond time travel to Raymond… the wings, the blue light, the mention of angels in the episode title… he may have some sort of mission on earth.

[@KforFreedom]

I have a pretty good idea why, if Faith was actually taken BUT since it involves something I don't think the show has introduced, I can't say more.

[@angelinabrown3142]

When Jamie tells Francis that he'll take care of her it's because in the book William brings her to Jamie and asks him to take care of her. He tells Claire, "William gave her to me."

[@zalmandawi2]

I have a feeling this Faith storyline will be wrapped up in the first episode of season 8, but it is relevant to the ending of the show and books as it is about time travellers (not Janes mother)

[@jacksonlinda5919]

More about Jamie & Claire weathering another battle on the Ridge.

[@gopherlyn]

I think (my opinion only) Master Raymond saved Faith using the Blue Light, like he saved Claire. In Book 9, they were back at the Ridge when Fanny showed Claire the locket with Faith's name and picture, and Claire had the same visceral reaction to it, but later when she told Jamie, he said that it could not be. That was all that was said about it. There was no Master Raymond and the song, so that was totally new.

[@Craighnadun1743]

Peut-être que les scénaristes vont la faire réapparaître LOFE❤❤❤❤

[@berlindude75]

It's only been 19 months to finish this whole season. 😉

[@Dirt994]

Am I the first one here? Oh how quickly I clicked when it popped up!!

[@mellie2274]

Well, I loved the Master Raymond and Faith story. Master Raymond, could have taken the infant to the future where or rather when she could be saved. Maybe Master Raymond heard Claire sing the song and taught it to Faith…in the book, that Faith was their mother was a possible implication. I like how on the show, it’s a full blown revelation. Diana Gabaldon has said that Master Raymond is like 8000 years ago and is the original time traveler and the ancestor of the others like Claire. I always thought he was alerted to what Claire was when she revealed to him how her uncle took her to Africa! How would an aristocratic lady in the 1700s have traveled to Africa??? That’s unlikely. He knew. Gabaldon at some point said she’d like to write a series of books just about Master Raymond. Since she’s very SLOWLY writing book 10 of Outlander, I doubt that will ever happen.

[@ndt2201]

Perhaps we’ll learn in the 8th season about Jane, Frances and Faith’s back story when the broadsheet news story is published .

[@KristieCampbell-u6q]

I think Marie Louise de La Tour d'Auvergne that got pregnant with Prince Charles Stuart baby might have swapped baby's he helped her. Faith was healthy baby. Something to think about for sure.

[@geeemm8028]

What an emotional finale. I BOL'd (bawled out loud) three times: Roger and the family, William and Jane, and Fanny. I was hoping the woman and two girls at the very beginning was Jane, married to William, and their two daughters. Ugh, Jane's life story was so tragic.😭 If Faith lived, for what reason(s) would either Master Raymond or Mother Hildegarde have for stealing Claire's baby?!

[@KforFreedom]

I've been thinking about this little twist... maybe because it was fate for Claire to do certain things & if Faith had "lived" it wouldn't have happened

[@MeyaRoseGirl]

I liked the change from the book that Brianna got to talk to Brian and meet teenage Jenny. Since they DIDN'T meet in season 4, there's no problem. Book Brian saw Brianna and Jem from afar and thought he was seeing the ghosts of Ellen and their eldest son, Willie. Brian suffered a stroke, confirming that the stroke that killed him when he thought Jamie was dead from being flogged was actually the result of a pre-existing condition. Jenny never saw Bree, Jem, or Mandy. But Jenny DID see, talk to, spend time with, and even eavesdrop on Roger. I HATE the change that Frances is Claire and Jamie's granddaughter. Raymond's visit and the song were NOT in the books. Book 9 did introduce the POSSIBILITY that Frances is their granddaughter, but it was left ambiguous enough that you could interpret it as not true. Jamie didn't believe it and managed to convince Claire that it probably wasn't. I chose not to believe it because it would mean that Faith is now dead, her daughters were sold to a brothel (we get a little more on that backstory as Frances gets more comfortable with the Frasers), and William slept with his half-niece. No. Just no. Plus it cheapens the story of William and Jamie going on a doomed quest to save Jane, then William asking Jamie to take in Frances. The whole point of that is to start rebuilding the trust between bio dad and son. It all got undermined and overshadowed by William's hurtful final remark (again, not in the book) and the revelation that Raymond stole Faith, and Faith had a whole life away from her family. I hate it. I feel like whoever wrote this episode didn't understand the books at all. And DG even said on her Facebook a few days ago that she feels this story was handled clumsily. I'm not even bothered by the stillborn Faith somehow retaining the song Claire sang to her when she was resurrected by Raymond. It's like how Leia remembers Padme in Return of the Jedi. It's not logical, but some things are just transmitted by love, and this is a fantastical enough show that I can buy it. It actually entered my head even before book 9 introduced the locket that maybe Raymond saved Faith when he saved Claire, and there are logical reasons why he didn't return her. Raymond and Jamie were banished from France and probably went different directions. Then the Jacobite Rising happened. Then Claire and Jamie were separated by time for 20 years. Maybe Raymond could have brought Faith to Claire in the 1950s, but would Frank accept yet another daughter of James Fraser as his own? One that was old enough to KNOW she wasn't his? So I don't have a problem with Faith surviving, but I DO have a problem with her ultimate fate and that of her supposed daughters.

[@irisanddaisy]

Me when confronted with the potential William having sex with his niece issue: “What in the Game of Thrones kinda crap is this?!”

[@claudia1359]

I can't believe it-I've just reiterated the same comment, just phrased differently! This is unacceptable to the fans!

[@AnnaAlexanderAuthor]

🤣🤣🤣

[@amcab1625]

CRICKEY! Quite the cliffhanger.

[@amcab1625]

What if Master Raymond raised Faith and protected her because of the prophecy of the 200 year old baby?

[@katerinecatindig]

but the prophecy specifically says 200 yr old on the day it was born. It could only reference to Brianna who was born in the future

[@pegapage9603]

Master Raymond could have taught Faith the song? Rolo was very old.

[@Louise-je6dc]

What many people seem to have forgotten is that the ability to time travel is hereditary and so Jane and Fanny's mother probably isn't Jamie and Claire's daughter! She may be some descendant of Claire's from the 20th century who went back in time or someone from earlier years who "visited" the 20th century. We know from The Space Between that Comte Germain may have potentially had a daughter and he spent time in the 20th century. Gellis may have had other children and not to mention the whole Fergus potentially being a time traveller. Any of his children may have been the ancestor of Faith. What I am fairly sure is that their mother isn't Jamie and Claire's Faith ... there are just too many plot holes! A baby wouldn't have remembered that song to sing to her own children and Master Raymond may have healing powers but the baby was very premature at birth and had obviously passed away in the books. I do wonder however, if this story is going to be linked into the new Blood of my Blood series as Claire's parents may have time travelled at some point.

[@sallythompson1685]

Maybe this Faith is Claire's actual mother who was a time traveler and would have been herself a child in 1907 when that song was written. Blood of My Blood has Claire's parent meeting during WWI. Claire's mother would be no blood relations to William, I think. Anyway, maybe that is here to tie us into the spinoff of Blood of My Blood. Master Raymond of course would know all this and why ask for forgiveness? And would that make Jane and Francis Claire's sisters. Was Claire's father a time traveler, too?

[@randeereyes2315]

Master Raymond could very well have heard Claire singing that song to her baby girl and he also may have known the song as well at some point in his travels. If he healed Faith and raised her himself, he might have sang the song to her. Or perhaps he took her to a different time to grow up and she learned the song herself. The possibilities are endless...we'll have to wait and see, I suppose. I've read all of the books and this idea of Faith surviving the miscarriage wasn't in them! Major plot twist-and I'm loving it! I can't wait to find out why Master Raymond decided to not tell Claire about it. He cares enough about her to feel badly about SOMETHING and ask for her forgiveness! What else could it be, if not for keeping Faith from them???

[@cdel5834]

what blow my mind is that they have William sleeping with his niece Jane (supposedly)

[@LinnyThePersistent]

After Game of Thrones, it's slightly less shocking, but did strike a chord of cognitive dissonance for me.

[@claudia1359]

As a devoted fan of both the books and the series, I must assert that they have utterly let the fans down. Much like with Game of Thrones (GOT), this is the unfortunate outcome when the creative team attempts to write the series without the guidance of the original source material. To suggest that incestuous relations occurred is not only an affront to the cast, the fans, and the author, but making that the season finale is nearly unforgivable.

[@Dirt994]

I don’t think they are fully implying Faith lived, I think they mean that her spirit lived on. I’m not a book reader, but that was my impression.

[@claireelyse5992]

That’s what I’m choosing to believe as well

[@Adrienne1eh]

That's what I was thinking too until that song... Whoa... don't know what to think now.

[@Dirt994]

@ I actually must have been blind or something because I heard the song and that is how I got to that conclusion. I did not see the locket part and I forgot about the beginning. So now I’m reeling and thinking they are heavily implying she lived. I don’t think Jane is Faith’s daughter though. I think only Franny would be. Maybe Franny was adopted out because Faith died and then that adopted parent also took in Jane and they were the one who sold them to the brothel.

[@Adrienne1eh]

@@Dirt994 Here's hoping it's something like that, and William didn't sleep with his niece! I've been feeling really unsettled about this. Thanks for giving me a bit of hope to cling to going into Droughtlander!

[@Dirt994]

@ the math doesn’t add up if Jane is faiths daughter too though. I think that would have made Faith like 10 having Jane if Jane’s her daughter. I don’t think they will do that.

[@stephaniehickey4103]

I don’t think Jamie wants to tell his son his mother blackmailed Jamie by threatening his family. William won’t want to believe that and I think Jamie wants his son to not have a poor image of her

[@RPBSpeaks]

No, she would be his sister. She was very Claire-esque in her defiance and strength of character.

[@KforFreedom]

Faith would be his half sister, Jane a niece. Remember, he's attracted to Brianna when he meets her. He says there is something about Jane 🤔

[@AMYV3]

sisters daughter. niece half of people thought that way back then 🤷‍♀️😏

[@whitelightress20]

I think it is too far fetched! How can a newborn remember a song and teach it to her own daughters?! And how is it possible that Claire did not realise that the baby was not stillborn?

[@fatmah1409]

First they planned to end the series, but then they suddenly decided to keep it going. So they twisted the ending to something so irrelevant. Thats my only analysis of the ending. 😅

[@HandmaidsTaleComingForUsAll]

I think the reason Faith somehow survived is so they can add her adult character to the new show.

[@susanleach9106]

I do not like this Faith story line what right now at the end of the show ridiculous.

[@veritorossi]

I don't understand this Faith stuff. None of it makes sense.

[@markgowans]

The last we've seen of John Grey? Oh god yes please.

[@susanleach9106]

I absolutely think he is good actor and really a good part of Outlander.